Celery:

Health Benefits and Dietary Tips

As most of us know, Cellery is the preffered This lovely vegetable from the Apiaceae family well known for its crunchy stalks often preffered the option for a low-calorie healthy snack, but what most of us didn’t know is just how far the health benefits of celery stretches.

Here are a few more reasons to add celery to your diet:

Health benefits of celery

• Aids with inflammation
• Restores immune balance.
• Lower high blood pressure
• Helps prevent cancer
• Helps with hyperlipidemia
• Helps with neurogenesis

Other possible benefits:

• Celery may also be useful in treating joint pain
• Soothing the nervous system
• Arthritis and gout
• Muscle spasms
• Inflammation
• Colds and flu
• Water retention

Nutritional breakdown of celery

Celery remains an extremely high source of Antioxidants

And also contains the following phytonutrients:

• Phenolic acids
• Flavonols
• Dihydrostilbenoids
• Flavones
• Furanocoumarins
• Phytosterols

Vitamins and minerals:

• Vitamin K
• Folate
• Vitamin A
• Potassium
• Vitamin C

Dietary fiber:

One cup of chopped celery, or 100 grams of celery, equivalent to about two and a half medium stalks, contains 1.6 grams of fiber.

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